Logistics Manager - Construction

Logistics Manager

Play an integral role in ensuring the seamless movement of materials, equipment, and resources that support the successful delivery of industrial construction projects. As Manager, Logistics, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for logistics activities across projects and asset services, ensuring supply chains operate safely, efficiently, and cost effectively.

This role serves as a critical link between project teams, procurement, construction, suppliers, and transportation providers, helping to ensure the right materials arrive at the right place and time to support project execution. You will drive logistics excellence, optimize workflows, and develop processes that enhance project performance while minimizing risk, cost, and operational disruption.

Supporting industrial construction projects, this position collaborates closely with stakeholders across the organization and may require periodic travel to Worley offices in Baton Rouge and Houston, as well as occasional visits to active construction project sites.

Purpose of the role

The Manager, Logistics is responsible for leading logistics strategy, planning, execution, and continuous improvement activities that support project and business objectives. The role oversees logistics policies, procedures, systems, and resources while ensuring alignment with customer requirements, project schedules, and organizational priorities.

You will lead a logistics team and provide the direction necessary to establish efficient transportation, distribution, inventory, warehousing, material management, and supply chain solutions. Through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, you will ensure logistics operations support safe, predictable, and successful project delivery.

You will be responsible for

• Leading logistics operations that support industrial construction projects, asset services, and business objectives across the assigned region and customer sectors.
• Developing and implementing logistics strategies, policies, procedures, and performance standards that drive operational excellence and project success.
• Managing transportation, material distribution, inventory control, warehousing, and supply chain activities to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of materials and equipment.
• Optimizing logistics workflows and operating models to improve efficiency, reliability, productivity, and cost performance.
• Leading vendor qualification, selection, negotiation, and performance management activities to ensure value-driven supplier partnerships.
• Supporting project execution teams by developing logistics plans that align with construction schedules, procurement activities, and customer commitments.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance logistics performance, reduce operational risk, and support sustainable business outcomes.
• Monitoring logistics performance indicators, conducting operational analyses, and implementing solutions that improve project and business results.
• Managing project-related logistics budgets and ensuring operations are executed within approved financial targets.
• Collaborating closely with procurement, construction, project controls, engineering, and project management teams to support integrated project delivery.
• Providing leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for logistics professionals and support personnel.
• Supporting the development and implementation of new logistics systems, tools, technologies, and best practices.
• Managing complex logistics challenges and making informed decisions that consider financial, operational, environmental, and customer impacts.
• Building strong relationships with customers, suppliers, transportation providers, and internal stakeholders to support successful project outcomes.
• Championing safety, quality, compliance, and operational excellence throughout all logistics activities.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

What you’ll bring to the role

You are a highly collaborative logistics leader with extensive experience supporting major industrial, construction, energy, chemicals, resources, or infrastructure projects. You combine strategic thinking with operational expertise and possess the ability to transform business objectives into effective logistics solutions that deliver measurable value.

Key qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant logistics, supply chain, project, operational, or supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting industrial construction, EPC, energy, chemicals, mining, infrastructure, or major capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of transportation management, inventory control, warehousing, material management, distribution, procurement support, and supply chain operations.
• Experience developing logistics strategies and implementing operational plans that align with project and business objectives.
• Proven leadership experience managing teams, projects, contractors, suppliers, and stakeholder relationships.
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical capabilities with the ability to evaluate complex situations and implement effective solutions.
• Strong business acumen with experience balancing cost, schedule, risk, and customer requirements.
• Knowledge of logistics systems, technologies, reporting tools, and process improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, resolve conflicts, and drive organizational alignment across diverse teams.
• Commitment to safety leadership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and customer service.

Benefits

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

Apply today

If you are ready to lead logistics operations that support some of the industry's most complex industrial construction projects, we encourage you to apply. Join a global organization where your leadership, innovation, and operational expertise will help shape project success, strengthen supply chain performance, and deliver lasting value for customers around the world.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.